May 28, 2020
US crude storage quickly became a major issue at the crux of the coronavirus lockdowns, as global markets struggled to find enough places to stash oil amid the oversupply and decreased demand.
That created a huge incentive for traders and producers to store their barrels instead of selling them on a prompt, physical basis, which overwhelmed storage availability.
Ernie Barsamian, CEO of the Tank Tiger, talks with Laura
Huchzermeyer, managing editor of the Americas crude team at S&P
Global Platts, about the changes and challenges of
the storage market.